Analyst - Global Organized Crime Index

Application Deadline

16 October 2026 - 17:00 CET

Start Date

November 2026

Contract Duration

One-year fixed term (full-time)

Location

Remote, preferably based in the CET time zone (+/- 2 or 3 hours)

Background

The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) is an independent civil society organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with a globally dispersed Secretariat working across 43 countries. Founded in 2013, GI-TOC brings together a global network of more than 810 independent experts and a team of over 150 staff dedicated to understanding and responding to organized crime. Through research, analysis, policy engagement and support to civil society actors, GI-TOC works to deepen understanding of organized crime and strengthen effective, rights-based responses.

The GI-TOC works to

Identify, analyse and map criminal trends and patterns of regional instability, and their impact on illicit flows, governance, development, security, conflict and the rule of law.

Connect and support civil society actors working on organized crime and corruption, and on their links to instability and conflict.

Strengthen local monitoring and analysis of national, regional and international organized crime and insecurity trends.

Job Summary

The GI-TOC is seeking an Analyst to conduct research and analysis on illicit economies as part of the Global Organized Crime Index project.

The Analyst will engage closely with the core Index and Extra teams and the broader analytic team within the GI-TOC. This role demands strong analytic and interpersonal skills, and time-management skills to deliver high-quality products on tight timelines.

Main Responsibilities and Specific Tasks

Main responsibilities and specific tasks related to the Global Organized Crime Index include

Assist in the organization, running and follow-up of a series of dissemination activities. These include but are not limited to analytical pieces, podcast series, media engagements and CSO/expert meetings

In performing these duties, the Analyst may have to coordinate between the core Index team and GI-TOC staff, GIN members as well as external experts.

Carry out research, participate in events and represent the Index team

The Analyst will also be responsible for keeping track of progress on different tasks as well as on communication with experts, using appropriate templates as advised by supervisors

Be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day research and subsequent consolidation of country profiles/summaries of countries carried out by a team of assigned Research Assistants (RAs). This includes

Introducing newly recruited RAs to the Index structure, methodology, research process and their roles

Assigning RAs to research and develop country profiles independently and in parallel through desk research (on a rolling basis, upon completion of a country)

Draw on their own knowledge, background and expertise to guide RAs in their research (e.g., sources to search, etc.)

Periodically (daily/weekly), check the work of the RAs to ensure quality, accuracy and alignment with country profile guidelines and answer any questions they may have

If possible, identify RAs with adequate background, language and research skills to join the research team, upon approval by GI-TOC

Periodically (weekly) report back and provide updates to the rest of the core GI-TOC implementation team on the status of country profiles, any challenges faced, issues related to RAs, deadlines, and other related deadlines

In conjunction with managing RA teams, the Analyst will provide support in the scoring and verification phases of the Index by

Identifying and reaching out to key organized crime experts whose knowledge and experience may be drawn upon for scoring/verification of scores for any country(ies) and/ or verification of country rankings for a particular criminal market

Overseeing the day-to-day verification of country profiles and/or thematic areas carried out by organized crime /county experts. This includes

Introducing experts to the Index structure, methodology, research process and their roles

Monitoring the verification process to ensure alignment with Index guidelines and requirements and to answer questions experts may have

Ensure expert submissions meet set deadlines and periodically follow up with experts to ensure timely submissions

Check the quality and accuracy of the verified country profile/thematic area before submitting it to supervisors

Send and submit completed expert invoices to the supervisors

Maintain index progress monitoring and update records in a timely fashion

Consolidate all expert input and comments into a final internal country profile for all countries assigned to them by the supervisors

Edit for accuracy, repetition, grammar and comprehensiveness

Input major developments for countries if and when they occur

Include/exclude information based on Index guidelines and requirements

Re-write and re-arrange text as needed to ensure text reads well

Other related tasks should they arise as requested by supervisors.

The Analyst will also support the development, research and dissemination of the “SCAR” framework, developed as part of the Global Organized Crime Index award. Key responsibilities will include

Developing, validating and refining the methodology of the “SCAR” framework;

Conducting literature reviews and developing questionnaires to measure the harm and capabilities of organized crime groups featured in the “SCAR” framework;

Conducting research, creating and finalizing lists of actors as well as actor profiles based on the finalized methodology;

Liaising between the core team and relevant Observatories to coordinate the collection of underlying data and the scoring of criminal groups identified under the “SCAR” framework;

Identifying and engaging key experts on organized crime groups, as well as coordinating and overseeing their contributions to the project; and

Undertaking an